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Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda

Italy

Heritage status
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site · Italian national heritage
Location
Peschiera del Garda
Coordinates
45.4409°, 10.6941°
Links
UNESCO · Wikimedia Commons
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Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda in Italy
Photo: Marcoblueyes · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The fortress of Peschiera is an imposing defensive work that for centuries protected the town of Peschiera del Garda.

Since 9 July 2017 the fortress of Peschiera has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage, within the transnational serial site "Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar".

Machine-translated from “Fortezza di Peschiera” on the Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda ranks #7,095 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #497 of the 624 mapped in Italy. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,001 times in the last 60 days, more than 55% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brescia, 39 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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